The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 21, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
1:39 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 142
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 73.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -10.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.96° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.85° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.96° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.